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Jared Smith

@jaredwsmith.com

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Software engineering, weather (@chswx.com), Padres baseball, and other esoteric hyperfixations as required. Dachshund dad. Computers were a mistake. More coffee, please. 📍 Charleston, SC 👨‍💻 https://jaredwsmith.com ⛈️ https://chswx.com

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Ian Livingston @ianlivingston.bsky.social · 12h

neo nazi at white house meeting to dismantle antifa... good times

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 13h

Jack Posobiec explicitly says that "Antifa" dates back to the Weimar Republic, explicitly acknowledging that this administration is opposed to those who resisted the arrival of Adolf Hitler in Power.

A screenshot of C-Span showing Jack Posobiec speaking during a panel on "Antifa."

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has increasing influence over President Trump, sources say

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Trump: "CNN is dying like a dog."

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 12h

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 19h

I had a copy of Helvetica Ultra Compressed installed that made all the text in Mail look, well, ultra compressed. Sucks to have had to give that one up, too. Hope this gets fixed.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 1d

In this Ohio diner, conversion therapy is what the Browns and Bengals need after going 7 for 23 on third downs this weekend. But they do know this: if a Christian minister can't make your kid straight, no one can.

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 1d

I encourage you to push this talking point, buddy

FinTwitter @fintwitter.bsky.social · 1d

US House Speaker Johnson: Some legal analysts don't believe in shutdown backpay.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 2d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 2d

The coup continues.

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 2d

thanks to rep mcgovern. i do not have a voice in congress right now because republicans are engaged in a top to bottom betrayal of america.

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Rep. Jim McGovern attempted to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Rep Elect AZ-07, but they would NOT recognize him in the House. He has a candid reason as to why he thinks this happened. 1/2

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Nicghoulous Case @nick422.bsky.social · 2d

cc: @chswx.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account

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Night of the Living Fred 🎃🦇☠️💾✨️ @esquiring.bsky.social · 2d

only half-related but I saw an absolute hero of a smart car on this theme the other day:

a smart car in traffic. it's painted the same yellow & red of those lil tikes toy cars. the license plate reads BIGTIKES

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 2d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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Matt Lanza @mattlanza.bsky.social · 2d

12 years is a long time. A good stretch. But the EF-5 “drought” has ended.

Also, this is a lesson to the Monday morning quarterbacks that this took *3 months* to confirm. Good analysis takes time. So save your hot takes immediately after an event.

IEMBot Grand Forks @fgf.weather.im · 2d

#FGF issues Public Information Statement (PNS) at Oct 6, 9:30 AM CDT ...Enderlin Tornado #1 Upgraded to EF-5... Link

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 2d

I truly don't understand what people thought was going to happen

Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social · 2d

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected?
Circular graph showing over half answered: much more than I expected, about a quarter: more than I expected, about an eighth: similar threat to what I expected, small sliver: much less threat than I expected.

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Ernie Smith @ernie.tedium.co · 2d

If you wanted that you shouldn't have bought The Free Press

Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 2d

Paramount acquires Bari Weiss' The Free Press for $150M; Weiss will take control of CBS News's editorial vision, aiming for "news that reflects reality" (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 3d

The generic external drive icon in macOS 26.1 beta 1 still hasn’t been updated. Beta 2, maybe? Either way, inexplicable and worrying lack of attention to detail from Apple.

Three drive icons on the macOS 26.1 beta 1 desktop: Macintosh HD, External Data, and OrbStack. Macintosh HD and OrbStack have updated icons to fit the Tahoe look and feel, while the external data drive continues to display an icon from previous versions of macOS.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 3d

Last month Judge Diane Goodstein blocked SC from giving DOJ voter data.

Last week Harmeet Dhillon of the DOJ condemned Goodstein's ruling.

Yesterday Stephen Miller called "left wing judges & lawyers" as "terrorists requiring force."

Today Judge Goodstein's home is on fire, investigated for arson.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 3d

He is YeSAVAGE, indeed. Mercy.

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 3d

Trey Yesavage’s 10 strikeouts are tied for most in postseason history through 4 innings

With 2019 NLCS G4 Patrick Corbin

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Yūnny, human hurricane (they/them) @jimmy-yunge.bsky.social · 4d

Charleston, SC measured a maximum 24h rainfall of 11.5" (292 mm) on 10/3. The largest 5-day total was 26.92" (684 mm) in Mt. Pleasant in greater Charleston, while a station in greater Columbia recorded a 5-day total of 21.5" (546 mm).

Below video shows a satellite animation of the event.

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Yūnny, human hurricane (they/them) @jimmy-yunge.bsky.social · 4d

This week also marks 10 years since the historic October 2015 South Carolina floods.

A nontropical low interacting w/ Hurricane Joaquin resulted in days of heavy rainfall along a stalled frontal boundary (with 1-in-1000-year totals in some areas), causing 16+ deaths and $2.7B in damages, per NOAA.

Infrared satellite image of a plume of convection extending from the southern core of Hurricane Joaquin east of the Bahamas over South Carolina and other parts of the Appalachians. From weather.com

A very swollen river containing inundated trees. A highway crosses perilously over the water on the left of the image. Downtown Columbia, SC is in the distant background. From AP.

Submerged houses and trees near Andrews, SC. From SC National Guard via Flickr.

4-day rainfall totals as of 10/4/2015 in the Carolinas from NWS. East-central SC has swaths exceeding 16", and values of 6+" in cover most of the state. Most of North Carolina is also covered in values of 2.5+".

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

wow I wonder why my entire body was in the air in the first place

Meatball Rob @wrenispinkle.bsky.social · 5d

Absolutely INSANE use of passive voice in this CNN piece

just incredible

@katmabu.bsky.social “landed on the ground” during the protest???

At least one other person, who identified herself on social media as Kat Abughazaleh, a former journalist also running for Congress, landed on the ground during that same protest after she was pushed by a federal law enforcement agent in a camouflage uniform wearing a full face covering, sunglasses and a helmet, video by CNN affiliate WBBM showed.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 4d

while simultaneously eliminating a long list of undergraduate programs that would equip a would-be podcaster with the ability to actually come up with viewpoints worth listening to

The university‚Äôs honors program still hangs in the balance, while the
following 18 majors were paused:

African American Studies

Applied Mathematics B.A.

Chemistry B.A.

Classical Civilization

Classics (Greek and Latin)

Digital Humanities

Fine Arts

French and Francophone Studies

German Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
History of Architecture

Italian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
Latino-Latin American Studies

Middle Eastern Studies

Modern Jewish Studies

Music History and Cultures

Religion

Russian Language, Literature, and Culture B.A.
Statistics B.A.

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Jared Smith @jaredwsmith.com · 4d

One silver lining to being bounced from the postseason early is that I can wear whatever I want now, free from superstition.